Tale of the ratings tape: Packers and Brewers

The Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons game Sunday night on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) had an overnight rating of 51.2 or more than 465,000 households in the Milwaukee market.

A total of 66% of the sets on at the time were tuned to the football game, which began at 7:30 p.m.

Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the host Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals on TBS Sunday afternoon had an overnight rating in the Milwaukee market of 31.0 or more than 281,000 households.

A total of 53% of the local sets on at the time were tuned to the baseball telecast, which began at 3 p.m.

The national rating for Game 1 of the NLCS was 2.1. An estimated 3.350 million viewers watched some portion of the baseball game on TBS.

Nationally, the Packers at Falcons game had a 14.0 rating and 22 share on NBC's "Sunday Night Football." The 14.0 rating was 20% higher than the Sunday night game in week five last season, Philadelphia at San Francisco, which had an 11.7 rating.

The overnight rating and share of top ten metered markets in the U.S. for Packers at Falcons were:

1. Milwaukee, 51.2 rating/66 share

2. Atlanta, 28.0/40

3. New Orleans, 19.4/26

4. Las Vegas, 19.3/31

5. Minneapolis, 18.5/29

6. Richmond, 17.5/26

7(tie). Nashville, 16.7/24

7. Norfolk, 16.7/24

9. Jacksonville, 16.6/26

10. Chicago, 16.5/26

About Bob Wolfley

Bob Wolfley retired in October 2014 He wrote the SportsDay blog and column and about TV and radio issues.